Azure-cli: Allow users to force-stop a VM
User reporting an issue where it can take a long time for an unresponsive VM to stop, and would prefer a method to "kill a VM WITH EXTREME PRJUDICE."
An idea, add an param to force-stop after 30 seconds of stopping
$ az vm stop --force-after 30聽
JasonRShaver
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Current working theory is that the Azure Linux agent is non-responsive (and not receiving the stop). @brendandixon
JasonRShaver
on 1 Aug 2017
I suggest let the user ssh into the vm and check out /var/log/waagent.log, and we can start from there based on the content
AFAIK, no such API exists for force-stop. The next candidate would be az vm delete which i guess a bit harsh
yugangw-msft
on 13 Oct 2017
When a VM is non responsing you do not have the possibilty to log in via SSH. We need something like all VM providers have: Reset the VM and boot in again.
I just have the same issue - a "reset" would be appreciated. It is not acceptable waiting 15-20 minutes to restart a unresponsive VM.
angrox
on 1 Dec 2017
@singhkays, an such reset api? The closest one I cna think of is to de-allocate and restart?
yugangw-msft
on 7 Nov 2018
@yugangw-msft I believe the redeploy API can help
singhkays
on 16 Nov 2018
@adewaleo, let us expose a --force and invoke the redeploy?
yugangw-msft
on 16 Nov 2018
@yugangw-msft btw, this is the PS equivalent https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/troubleshooting/redeploy-to-new-node-windows
singhkays
on 16 Nov 2018
closed through #7885
adewaleo
on 21 Nov 2018
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When a VM is non responsing you do not have the possibilty to log in via SSH. We need something like all VM providers have: Reset the VM and boot in again.
I just have the same issue - a "reset" would be appreciated. It is not acceptable waiting 15-20 minutes to restart a unresponsive VM.